\In`a*ni"tion\, n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio
emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf.
{Inane}.]
The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as
in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion
from want of food, either from partial or complete
starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus,
producing the same result.
      Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. --Landor.
      Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two
      contrary extremes.                       --Burton.